WIZKID AND SARKODIE WIN AT BET AWARDS

Wizkid, Sarkodie, Jay Z, Kanye West Win At 2012 BET Awards Story by Osaremen Ehi James/Nigeriafilms.com Last Updated: 5 hours ago Nigeria's music artiste, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has won an award as the Best International Act at the 2012 Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards held on Sunday night of July 1. Wizkid won the prestigious awards with his Ghanaian counterpart, Sarkodie yesterday. The show was held The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was hosted by veteran Hollywood actor, Samuel L Jackson. Wizkid and Sarkodie won in the Best International Act (Africa) category. The two artistes have been tipped to win the awards before yesterday. 2Face and D'Banj jointly won the BET awards in 2011. Other winners of 2012 awards were Jay Z, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Beyonce and others. Below are some of the winners as at press time. Best Male R&B Artist Chris Brown-Winner Bruno Mars Miguel Trey Songz Usher Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Big Sean Drake-Winner J. Cole Lil Wayne Rick Ross Young Jeezy Best Female Hip-Hop Artist Nicki Minaj-Winner Diamond Trina Brianna Perry Best Group Bad Meets Evil Diddy-Dirty Money Maybach Music Group Mindless Behavior The Throne-Winner Best New Artist A$AP Rocky Big Sean-Winner Diggy Future Meek Mill Best Collaboration Beyoncé f/ J. Cole – “Party”” Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay” DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One” Drake f/ Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto” The Throne f/ Otis Redding – “Otis” Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”-Winner Video of the Year Beyoncé – “Countdown” Beyoncé – “Love on Top” Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Ni**as in Paris” Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Otis”-Winner Usher – “Climax” Video Director of the Year Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson-Winner Benny Boom Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez Kanye West Hype Williams Best Gospel Yolanda Adams-Winner Kim Burrell James Fortune & FIYA Fred Hammond Trin-I-Tee 5:7 YoungStars Award Astro Diggy simmons- Winner Jacob Latimore Keke Palmer Willow Smith Viewers’ Choice Award Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto” Beyoncé – “Love onTop” Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music” Mindless Behavior – “Hello”-Winner The Throne f/ Otis Redding – “Otis” Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb” Centric Award Common-Winner Estelle Robert Glasper Robin Thicke Tyrese Best International Act: U.K. Estelle Labrinth Emeli Sande Sway Wretch 32-Winner Best International Act: Africa Camp Mulla (Kenya) Ice Prince (Nigeria) Lira (South Africa) Mokobe (Mali) Sarkodie (Ghana)-Winner Wizkid (Nigeria)-Winner Best Actress Angela Bassett Viola Davis-Winner Taraji P. Henson Regina King Zoe Saldana Best Actor Don Cheadle Common Idris Elba Kevin Hart-Winner Denzel Washington Best Movie Good Deeds Jumping the Broom Laugh at My Pain Red TailsThe Help-Winner Entertainer of the Year Chris Brown Sportswoman of the Year Skylar Diggins Candace Parker Brittney Griner Serena Williams-Winner Venus Williams Sportsman of the Year Carmelo Anthony Kobe Bryant LeBron James Victor Cruz Kevin Duran-Winner Lifetime Achievement Award Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly Humanitarian Award The Reverend Al Sharpton April woodard ,ice prince Tank,wizkid , iceprince ,dee money jermaine dupri and iceprince mack maine and ice prince